New motor blowing oil on headers

[Brewzer67]

Thats funny.lol I have "boiled" mine in the past with good success. I figured 212 degrees is just enough to stretch it a thou and get it on a little easier. Not as radical as 300 in an oven.lol

The easier and safer way to do it is to just rest a 100 watt lightbulb or flood light on the snout of the balancer. In 15 minutes or so it will be plenty warm without risking ruining the damper.

 

[Brewzer67]

Looking at the balancer it doesn't look like it is seated all the way. The back side of the balancer should almost hit the timing cover. Additionally, the timing marks on the cover are too far away from the ones on the balancer to be of any use. To me that's another indication it hasn't seated all the way. I am guessing the key cocked when the balancer started.